The Godless communists (or fascists, if you prefer) are using the homosexual agenda to work toward eradicating Christian opposition to their plans, which are Satan's plans. If you know your Bible, then you know that Christianity is destined to be outlawed. We are moving steadily toward a time when Christians here in America will be in danger of state-sanctioned murder for their beliefs. If you think I exaggerate, then you don't know what God has already told us, or perhaps you mistakenly believe that the United States is the exception, that it can't happen here. Christians throughout the world have always been persecuted, but here in the United States, we have enjoyed unparalleled protection and freedom during the existence of our nation. That protection is quickly being eroded, and the homosexuals are used as pawns in this process.

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Yes, this is a steeply uphill battle, but we should never quit fighting it. The prince of the power of the air, Satan, is successfully crafting a deceptively pro-homosexual atmosphere in our nation, from the media, to entertainment, to corporations and all major institutions. This causes many people to fear standing in opposition to the militant homosexual agenda and its activists, because of their track record of hostility, even violence, toward those who oppose them. Many conservative groups and churches fear the vicious vitriol of homosexuals and their supporters in our twisted culture, and that's really a shame. Fear is a debilitating force if we give it sway over us.

Not since, what, the third century? Hell, most of the time they were on the delivering end of the persecution stick (admittedly, most groups have been at one point or another). Indeed, in the United States at the time it was founded, Christian power was significantly lower than in most of Europe.

If you know your Bible, then you know that Christianity is destined to be outlawed.That warning was meant only for a couple of years after Jesus' resurrection, not for modern times, when Christianity is the most widespread religion on the planet.

We are moving steadily toward a time when Christians here in America will be in danger of state-sanctioned murder for their beliefs.Religious freedom. Ever heard of that?

Christians throughout the world have always been persecuted...Where exactly in world and when?

...Satan, is successfully crafting a deceptively pro-homosexual atmosphere in our nation...Oh, in the name of- Why is giving gays equal rights so horrible? And why doesn't God come to Earth to tell us so personally? If He did, a lot of countries would immediately stop giving gays equal rights. It seems to me that God stopped giving enough fucks around the time when Jesus was born.

Let's rather talk of brainless fundies who seem to think that the words "communist" and "fascist" mean much the same thing. Once you do that, anything else you might have to say is not worth paying the slightest attention to.

If you know your Bible, then you know that Christianity is destined to be outlawed.

It's a good thing you live in a country which guarantees freedom of religion, then. If you truly knew your bible, you'd know that it's filled with lots of ridiculous things which never happened and never will happen.

We are moving steadily toward a time when Christians here in America will be in danger of state-sanctioned murder for their beliefs.

Don't you think you're being just a weeeee bit dramatic? The country moving toward acceptance of homosexuality is not the same as "state-sanctioned murder" of Christians.

- No wonder your side is losing so badly no this issue. Your arguments are built entirely around fear. The problem is, the people you are trying to lure to your side aren't as afraid as they used to be.

A church fears the "vicious vitriol" of the homosexuals and their supporters? Really? You mean like the Westboro Baptist Church? Or the Jehovah's Witnesses? Or the Mormons? Or the Adventists? The American Reformed Churches? The Catholic Church? The Penticostialists? The Church of the Nazarene...? (and please no "No True Scotsman" arguments please)

All these Chritian churches and many more do not seem in the least concerned about the hostility and "gay vitriol" you seem so concerned about.

Or did you just expect gay men and lesbians to sit around while you spit on them and act like it's all great fun?

"This causes many people to fear standing in opposition to the militant homosexual agenda and its activists, because of their track record of hostility, even violence, toward those who oppose them." (emphasis mine)

If Christians really were being persecuted...
-They wouldn't be allowed to voice their opinions over the internet.
-Fred Phelps wouldn't be allowed to rant about how God hates everybody but his church.
-Church's everywhere would be raided.
-They would be Christian death camps.
There's more that I could list but I think you all get the picture.

"-Fred Phelps wouldn't be allowed to rant about how God hates everybody but his church."

The ban on the WBC entering the UK by the previous Labour Home Secretary Jacqui Smith; which - despite there now being a Conservative one - is still in place. Sections 4 & 5 of the Public Order Act, which doesn't allow the very existence of a UK equivalent of the WBC.

...nope, not seeing any downsides there; and not exactly seeing any objections to that by the rest of my country's population, nor Brussels, via the EU's European Declaration of Human Rights, which the UK subscribes to, which includes freedom of religion, and the UK has a state religion, the Church of England [/paradox]; yet, the House of Lords - which has C-of-E clergymen within such - dropped it's opposition to same-sex marriage earlier this year, so it's vote on legalisation by MPs will be a mere formality, I think you get the picture, certainly fundies on both sides of the 'Pond'.

...certainly that we Brits not having a US-style 'Constitution' - with a '1st Amendment' that can be abused by the likes of Fred Phelps & co. for their own socially unjustifiable & nefarious lawsuit money-scamming ends - has it's advantages! And, post-Dunblane, not having a '2nd Amendment', thus no schools getting shot to shit here (one word: Japan), only serves to prove the disadvantages of certain so-called 'rights', certainly the justifications of the right to exist for such.

If you know your Bible, then you know that Christianity is destined to be outlawed.

"If you have heard some loonie interpretation of Revelation, then you know that wacko fringe group fundamentalist Protestant conspiracy theorists have interpreted the author's incoherent ravings as meaning that Christianity is destined to be outlawed."

Gina The Weina; You wouldn't know Freedom, Liberty, Persecution or Christianity if Jesus & Mary, dressed as Uncle Sam & Lady Liberty (respectively), hit you in the face with Mom's All-American Apple Pie while the Sacred White Buffalo trampled you as the bald eagle pooped on your head!!

ChristoFundies - Totally bastardizing horrifically for ages a lovely, noble, peaceful, humanitarian Judaism 2.0 and the ideals of the 18th Century Founding Fathers of a 237 year old North American country!

Actually, I wish The Nazarene would return....so He could chew you nimrods out!!! As a ShaktaPagan, I have nothing but the deepest love & respect for the man....I see Him as Vishnu incarnate & I think He had a lot of great things said and done. But YOU DICKWEEDS DECIDED TO PERVERT THE HELL OUT OF IT ALL AFTER CONSTANTINE CAME ALONG, YOU NINNIES!

Brutal, authoritarian Christian Fundamentalism is the equivalent of a White Supremacist Warmongering religion based around the worship of Martin Luther King Jr! It makes no sense! Time for moderate & Liberal, nice, kind Christians to reclaim the faith & wrestle it away from the fundie freaks!

Same with Jews & Muslims! Reclaim the faiths from the horrible Haredis & worthless Wahabis (respectively)!